First off, i know i try to recap every game, and ive been a mixture of out this weekend and sick, so hopefully if i feel better tommorow, i can recap, and man , as u already know, it does not look good.
Before i get into my opinion about Burgos right now, i have a small piece of Reyes news. I just looked at the most recent issue of Becket, and for the first time since i can rember, the Reyes Bowman Chrome Rookie card cracked the top 20 hot list for the month…just thought to share that
Its obvious that burgos has control issues. Over the weekend he has had 7 earned runs. I am concerned about this. He seemed to be having a great spring until the last week, where everything has gone down hill. On the flip side, Joe Smith has been absolutly amazing (please note that i am not referring to his most recent game where he gave up three runs, his worst outing of the spring by far)
Despite the fact that Joe Smith has been unbeilvably good compared to Burgos in the past week, i still feel that Burgos should at least start the season in the pen. He has playing experience in the majors which Smith does not. Also, Smith i feel needs a little more time to develop the abilty to take the work load and i feel in the minors, they can better regulate the time he gets.
I am not against sending Burgos to the minors. He was rushed through the Royals system and maybe some time at AAA can straighten him out…I dont feel that it would have a big effect
